Mental Health Counseling

Description

The Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Counseling is designed to meet the curriculum
needs of (1) school counselors who seek to broaden their knowledge about mental health
issues; (2) school counselors who wish to pursue Florida Licensure as a Mental Health
Counselor, and (3) professional counselors who have relocated to Florida and may lack
some of the courses required by the State of Florida for licensure. The course work
covers a broad range of mental health issues. The curriculum is based on the standard
of the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
(CACREP). The Graduate Certificate provides the academic experiences and courses required
by the state. Upon completion of the certificate, students are eligible to become
Florida registered interns (a post-masters requirement).

Course location/delivery

This program is offered at the Tampa campus. Most of the courses include online activities.

CEU/licensure credit

Those seeking licensure as a Florida Mental Health Counselor will be required to pass
the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination (NCMHCE).

Admission requirements

Students must hold a Master's degree in counseling or a closely related field from
a regionally accredited institution with a minimum 3.0 GPA. For those who seek licensure,
it is recommended that they confer with the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage
and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling at http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/491/ to ensure that they meet the other core licensure requirements. In addition students
must have completed the equivalent of the following courses:

Application process

To learn about the application process, and to access the application, please review
our application process.

Prerequisites

None are required.

Requirements

Fourteen semester hours of course work must be successfully completed for the certificate.
The courses are offered sequentially and can be completed in one year beginning in
the summer with completion the following summer. However, it is possible to complete
the certificate within two semesters. All courses have an on-line component.